Confusion reigns for the Philadelphia Eagles these days. From their play calling to their game management to their communication to their hopeless predicament, nobody knows what's next.

The only step left is for nobody to care. Even the players know now that the season cannot be saved after Sunday's disgracefully inept 31-6 loss to a bad Washington Redskins team.

Until then, they still had realistic visions of an NFC East title dancing in their heads.

Now?

"We just have to try to do whatever we can to win a game," defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins said. "One game."

The problem is that the Eagles know they can't. They can't until they identify what's wrong. They're not even close to that stage.

"I can't even tell you, to be honest," cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie said. "For a quarter or two, you’re looking good and
then something slips and then it keeps slipping."

Added bewildered tight end Brent Celek: "I don’t know if it can get much worse. I’m not
playing well. We’re not playing well. I don’t know what else to say."

To respond to Celek, yes, it can get worse. The Eagles' very next game is at home. On a Monday night. On national TV. With no other games going on. With a whole nation watching.

And with a defense trying to chase down Cam Newton, a larger but equally elusive version of Robert Griffin III, the rookie who achieved a perfect quarterback rating against them on Sunday.

The Panthers also feature defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, whose firing two years ago started the downward spiral that will continue for the Eagles until the man who fired him follows him out the door.

Sunday's game followed a familiar script.

"We had prepared, I thought we prepared well for
what we were going to experience," safety Kurt Coleman said. "We did not have anything we did not see on
film or in practice, the unfortunate part is when we came out here, we thought
we had something communicated, it wasn’t fully communicated and as you know, when things in this league aren’t
executed properly, it gets exploited."

Confusion, miscommunication, bewilderment, shock, anger.

This the 2012 Philadelphia Eagles, and it will get worse before it gets better.